People of all ages and of all colors, all faiths and all walks
of life. People on the day shift, the night shift, the late shift with
the crying baby. Moms and dads who want a better world for our
children. Young people who deserve a world of opportunity. All those
who aren't in the headlines, but have always written America's story.

After seven years of a President who listens only to the
special interests, you're ready for a President who brings your voice,
your values, and your dreams to your White House.

Tonight, in record numbers, you voted not just to make history
- but to remake America. People in American Samoa, Arkansas,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee... and the great state
of New York.

On just one really serious note, we want to keep the people of
Arkansas and Tennessee in our prayers. They suffered horrible tornados
tonight. We just talked to some of our folks there and people have died
in both states, and our thoughts and prayers go out to them in this
moment of their need.

Tonight thought is your - tonight is America's night.

It's not over yet, because polls are still open in California for a
few more minutes.

I hope all of you will join our campaign at http://www.hillaryclinton.com
because you know - you know that politics isn't a game. It's not about
who's up or who's down. It's about your lives, your families, your
futures.

It's about the people who have shared their problems with me,
looking for solutions. The mother whose insurance company wouldn't pay
for her child's treatment. The couple so determined to send their
daughter to college, they're willing to mortgage their home with a
sub-prime second mortgage. The man who asked me what to do after
training the person who will take his job in another country, the
veterans who come home only to find they don't have the healthcare, the
compensation, and the services they need.

It's also about the people who want to seize America's
opportunity. It's about the unions and businesses who are training
people for green collar jobs. It's about the auto companies and auto
workers who want higher gas mileage cars so we can compete with the
rest of the world. It's about our scientist and researchers who want to
be able to do stem cell research right here in the United States of
America.

It's about our contractors and construction workers who want
to get to work to rebuild America from the bridges in Minnesota to the
levies in New Orleans.

For seven years, we have seen President Bush's answer. They
don't know what's at stake in this election, but we do. We know what we
need is someone ready on day one to solve our problems and restore our
opportunities. Because when the bright lights are off and the cameras
are gone, who can you count on to listen to you, to stand up for you,
to deliver solutions for you?

Well, the Republicans want eight more years of the same. They
see tax cuts for the wealthy - and they say, why not some more? They
see nine trillion dollars in debt - and say, why not trillions more?
They see five years in Iraq - and they say, why not a hundred more?

Well, they've got until January 20, 2009 - and not one day more.

Now we know the Republicans won't give up the White House
without a fight, well let me be clear, I won't let anyone swift boat
this country's future. Together we're going to take back America
because I see an America where our economy works for everyone, not just
those at the top, where prosperity is shared and we create good jobs
that stay right here in America.

I see an America where we stand up to the oil companies and
the oil producing countries, where we launch a clean energy revolution
and finally confront the climate crisis.

I see an America where we don't just provide health care for
some people, or most people, but for every single man, woman and child
in this country - no one left out.

I see an America where when a young man or woman signs up to serve
our country, we sign up to serve them too.

An America with a 21st century GI bill of rights to help veterans go
to college, buy a home or start their own businesses.

I see an America respected around the world again, that reaches
out to our allies and confronts our shared challenges - from global
terrorism to global warming to global epidemics.

That's the America I see - that's the America we will build
together.

I am so lucky to have the most extraordinary staff, volunteers, and
supporters...

And I am so grateful for all those long hours and late nights that
you've been putting in.

And I want to thank the most important people in my life, first Bill
and Chelsea, for their incredible love.

They have done so much day in and day out and I want to thank
all my friends and family, particularly my mother, who was born before
women could vote, and is watching her daughter on this stage tonight.

I also want to congratulate Senator Obama for his victories
tonight. And I look forward to continuing our campaign and our debate
about how to lead this country better off in the next generation,
because that is the work of my life - that is why I started my career
fighting for abused and neglected children, children who have drawn the
short straw in life, because this nation gave me every opportunity and
we can do the same for every child.

We must continue to be a nation that strives always to give
each of our children a better future, a nation of optimists who believe
our best days are yet to come, a nation of idealists holding fast to
our deepest values, that we are all created equal, that we all deserve
to fulfill our God-given potential, that we are destined for progress
together.

It is the ideal inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty
in this great city, that has overlooked our harbors through wars and
depressions and the dark days of September 11, the words we all know
that give voice to America's embrace: "Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free" - a constant reminder
that here in America, we face our challenges and we embrace all of our
people.

So today we say with one voice, "Give us the child who wants
to learn, give us the people in need of work, give us the veterans who
need our care. We say give us the economy to rebuild and this war to
end, give us this nation to heal, this world to lead, this moment to
seize."